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LivingSocial Gets a Makeover!
Here at LivingSocial we're all about keeping things fresh and appealing, which is why we're proud to introduce you to the newly-redesigned LivingSocial! We appreciate your patience as we roll it out and welcome any comments you have at feedback@livingsocial.com. We've been ... more
Setting the record straight
Hi everyone, There have been a few articles and posts in recent days that claim LivingSocial sells or shares private user information from Facebook or our applications with advertisers. The claims are untrue, and are based on (false) assumptions and unchecked facts. L... more
The Wait is Over for Harry Potter 6!
The biggest news in movies for the week comes all the way from the magical school of Hogwarts. The sixth installment of J.K. Rowling's epic Harry Potter series was released at midnight on July 15th to massive crowds of people dressed to look like their favorite chara... more
Honoring Michael Jackson - (Aug 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009)
It’s a sad day for millions all over the world today as we cope with the loss of Michael Jackson, the undisputed “King of Pop,” who passed away yesterday at 50 years of age. Jackson was not breathing when the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a call at... more
LivingSocial Events
One part of LivingSocial that you have probably never seen is our LivingSocial Events page. Our events page help bring LivingSocial users in New York City, and soon others cities, together for free cocktails. This event at China 1, is just one of our many upcoming events... more
Polls by LivingSocial
A lot has been going on here at LivingSocial lately. You already know all about our nine LivingSocial categories and the PickYour5 Facebook application. Recently you might also have noticed our Which actor is best?
What's Popular On LivingSocial Lately?
Between the nine LivingSocial categories and the PickYour5 application on Facebook, a lot of things (from albums to video games) are being rated, reviewed, picked, and added to collections by the LivingSocial community. That begs the question: Which things are popular lately? ... more
Introducing Pick Your 5
Here at LivingSocial, we are all about creating lists and categorizing stuff. With 9 subject areas already in place (from books to slopes) and more coming soon, our aim is to help you manage the things you like easily and socially. It was with those goals in mind that we int... more
How do you describe LivingSocial?
First off, let me apologize for the long radio silence over the past few weeks. We haven't been taking an extended holiday, but rather working on a bunch of behind-the-scenes improvements and bug fixes. In other words, we haven't had any cool, new features to talk about, unl... more
We're Back. Please excuse the dust.
Ten hours. 100% Processing Capacity. Five Developers with no sleep. 24 Krispy Kreme Donuts. Unknown Amounts of Coffee. 100 Million+ reconfigurations of our data. The team at LivingSocial has been a little busy since midnight last night, working to complete our largest mai... more
Show Images On Your Collection Page
Today we have two small (but hopefully significant!) changes to announce that impact users’ collections. First off, the “Manage” page is no more. We renamed the page’s title in the header “My Collection,” which is a bit more accurate and e... more
What iPhone Apps do your friends use?
After launching Slopes last week, we’re excited to announce our next new subject area: iPhone Apps. If you are like the LivingSocial team, we don’t have a ton of time to download every new app that comes out. Instead, we use the recommendations of our friends to fi... more
Why is my Collection shrinking?
We are constantly working to clean up the LivingSocial: Movies database. Thanks in large part to your moderation reports we track down duplicate movies and “roll them up” into individual movies on a daily basis. Lately, we’ve focused on eliminating things tha... more
Ski or Snowboard into LivingSocial: Slopes
With winter in full effect, the LivingSocial team is pleased to announce our newest subject area: Slopes. Slopes allows you and your friends to catalog your favorite ski and snowboarding destinations, while getting recommendations from LivingSocial on where to go for your next... more
Whoops!
Last week we rolled out some major changes to our recommendations page. Based on huge amounts of user feedback, we've rolled out an updated version of our recommendation page. The major change on this page is the addition of a "Skip, Don't show this again" button. This button ... more
Customize Your Profile Module
We have heard from a number of users that want to further customize the the look and feel of their profile boxes on Facebook. With that in mind, we’ve recently updated our profile boxes to be more configurable and to better fit with the both the Facebook Boxes tab and Fa... more
Post-holiday, pre-Spring cleaning
With the holiday season behind us, the team here at LivingSocial has been working overtime on cleansing our interface and data. You may have noticed that we recently updated our search results page, to include a unified experience to add items to your collection. The search re... more
Giving You More Control
As a Holiday Gift to all of our users, we’ve been working to completely revamp our settings and privacy controls on LivingSocial.com. If you click on the “Settings” link in the top right corner of every page, we now allow you to change your display name, upda... more
LivingSocial Decks the Halls
You might have noticed the callout on our recently redesigned header (more on the new header coming soon) for our Holiday Gift Giving Guide. We designed this page to focus on items our users have tagged as “want to read/try/listen/watch” the most frequently through... more
Feeling inspired? Write a Super Review!
From a glowing review of a favorite book to a panning of a failed blockbuster, we know that reviews come in all flavors. Our goal at LivingSocial is to provide a forum for useful, meaningful reviews written by passionate people. Sometimes certain reviews are simply, well, R... more
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Recent news
LivingSocial Gets a Makeover!
Here at LivingSocial we're all about keeping things fresh and appealing, which is why we're proud to introduce you to the newly-redesigned LivingSocial! We appreciate your patie... more
Setting the record straight
Hi everyone, There have been a few articles and posts in recent days that claim LivingSocial sells or shares private user information from Facebook or our applications with a... more
The Wait is Over for Harry Potter 6!
The biggest news in movies for the week comes all the way from the magical school of Hogwarts. The sixth installment of J.K. Rowling's epic Harry Potter series was rel... more
